When my mother was in University in Buffalo one of her flatmates told a story of being stopped by a police man for speeding. When the policeman asked him why he was in a hurry the guy answered 'I have to go to New Jersey'. Teh policeman then laughed and said 'I never heard os anybody rushing to get to New Jersey'. This was in the 80's so New Jersey's bad reputation is older than any of those shows.

I have friends from new jersey and although I never thought the people on TV that you mentioned were a good representation of new jersey, seeing how much my friends from new jersey hate those people confirms that not many people from new jersey are like that. I see northern new jersey as being more "new-york-like" and middle and southern new jersey as being more "philly-like" but overly generalizing won't do me any good.

I moved from Chicago to North New Jersey. I live on the border between Union and Irvington. I have to say I like Chicago more because it's a lot more things to do, but I feel much safer in New Jersey. I use to live in the really shitty part of Chicago and I've had family and classmates die for no reason at all. New Jersey is kinda boring, but it has decent vibes even in Irvington.

no I'm from north jersey I live close to where the housewives are from. ridgewood nj DONT COME AND STALK ME. hahah but my familes from the philadelphia area so we're practically like south jersey because we go to ocean city nj and like all the philly teams..

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Eh it's alright. There are some parts of it that I absolutely hate. Most of what I've visited or driven through in NJ seems pretty bad, actually. In general, it just seems like a state with not much going for it. Other than no taxes and the beaches, haha. But it does have some really nice areas as well. I stayed on the Jersey shore once (not the same one as the show, lol) and it was pretty cool.

I love New Jersey! It's my favorite vacationing spot, at Ocean City. :) However, as a lot of the people there are tourists, I don't really know how the locals are. And most of the Jersey Shore actors are from New York, only one is actually from New Jersey haha.

I love my state no matter what people say. I've lived in Georgia when I was a baby so I don't remember living there, and I lived in Florida when I was ten, it sucked. I've been back to Florida numerous times and I still don't like it, but I love New Jersey. Yes, there are rude people here but you can find rude, obnoxious, and stuck up people anywhere.